Lucknow, June 9 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday criticised the Central and Uttar Pradesh governments, emphasizing the need for accountability after 20 years of their combined rule.

Yadav demanded that the government account for its performance over the past two decades, particularly in areas such as education and employment, questioning the government's success in attracting investment and improving the state's progress.

"If we add 11 years of the Central Government and about 9 years of the Uttar Pradesh Government, then the total comes to 20 years. The government will have to give an account of 20 years in which it will tell what it has done for the people?...How far we have progressed in the field of education, how s...